Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:47:10 -0400 From: Dan Langille <dlangille@myyearbook.com> To: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inventory / configuration management tools Message-ID: <6dd019370904210547y16584b4dx2eaee36a43842be1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49E4A4EA.7090809@tomjudge.com> References: <6dd019370904140548n783825f6ub53c205dfd152689@mail.gmail.com> <49E4A4EA.7090809@tomjudge.com>
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> wrote: > Dan Langille wrote: >> >> Are you using a configuration management tool? =A0If so what? >> >> I don't mean a tool to manage /etc/rc.conf (for example). >> >> What I'm looking for is something to keep track of all the hardware, >> where it's installed, mac addresses, etc. =A0There has to be some kind >> of API into it so we can plug utilize our existing processes, >> >> We are looking at http://onecmdb.org/ but I'm wondering about other >> options. >> >> > > Hi Dan, > > We use OCS-Inventory NG, =A0it works reasonably well and supports most OS= 's. For the archives: the inventory system makes use of an agent to obtain details such as RAM, HDD, etc. The system also contains a package deployment solution. The agent seems to run on a wide variety of systems. It reminded me of Nagios and its nrpe. I don't see the ability to collect assets into racks, figure out what ports on box A are connected to what ports on box B. Not to diminish the capabilities of the system, this seems like a very good solution for administering an office network. It does not seem to have anyway to group systems into racks. For us, this is a key requirement. > There is an API for it and it integrates with the helpdesk system that we > chose for our internal helpdesk (GLPI). > > Not sure if this is quite what you are looking for, =A0but it will automa= te > the data collection part for you. That looked very powerful. Thank you. --=20 Dan Langille myYearbook.com
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